The small Perdix unmanned aerial vehicle, shown here, is rugged, allowing service members to toss it out the back of an aircraft and know it will work. Strategic Capabilities Office photo.

Perdix Program Could Be DoD's Pathfinder to Progressive Projects

June 23, 2017
Air Force Magazine

Designs for the seventh-generation Perdix unmanned aircraft vehicle should be completed by this summer, William Roper, the director of the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office [SCO], said in an exclusive interview with Air Force Magazine... The program could define the way forward for other SCO and DOD projects, from methodology to production to deployment, said Roper.